2009 Arab League summit

Meeting of Arab regional organization Arab League 21st summit 30–31 March 2009 Qatar Doha 2010 Arab League summit 2008 Arab League summit The 2009 Arab League summit was held in Doha, Qatar on March 30, 2009. The Arab League defied the International Criminal Court by giving a "warm welcome" to Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, whom the Court placed on warrant of arrest for war crimes in the Darfur genocide. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/29/AR2009032902507.html The Washington Post Brian Murphy Sudan's Leader Arrives in Qatar March 30, 2009 Reactions Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak boycotted the summit amid differences with Qatar stemming from the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict.What is behind Egyptian President Mubarak's absence from Arab Summit? http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/29/content_11096352.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090401150007/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/29/content_11096352.htm dead April 1, 2009 Hu Dandan and Liao Zhenyun Xinhua February 14, 2014 Other Arab countries like Saudi Arabia were also hesitant to come to the summit if Iran or Hamas were in attendance (neither of the parties came while the Saudis did).January 2014 Incidents In a reference to an earlier incident between King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi during a previous Arab League Summit six years prior,Drama At Arab League Summit https://www.arabnews.com/node/228751 . Abdullatif Al-Mannawi and Asharq Alawsat (arabnews) Gaddafi called King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia a liar, accusing him of "bringing the Americans to occupy Iraq" and of being "made by Britain and protected by the US.". Echoing Abdullah's remarks to him during the 2003 Arab League Summit at Sharm ash-Sheikh, Gaddafi told Abdullah that: "you have [nothing but] lies behind you and [only] your grave awaits you” (Arabic: الكِذِب إمَامَك والقِبِر قدامك). Finally, Gaddafi declared that: "I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the king of kings of Africa and the imam (leader) of Muslims, and my international status does not allow me to descend to a lower level".Muammar Gaddafi accuses Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah of lying at Arab summit https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/qatar/5079290/Muammar-Gaddafi-accuses-Saudi-Arabias-King-Abdullah-of-lying-at-Arab-summit.html Adel Darwish The Telegraph March 30, 2009 February 14, 2014Libya's Gadhafi storms out of Arab summit http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/libya-s-gadhafi-storms-out-of-arab-summit-344 NDTV (Associated Press) March 30, 2009 February 14, 2014 He then invited the King to visit him to solve the issues between the two.Libya's Kadhafi hurls apologies to Saudi king http://www.france24.com/en/20090330-libyas-kadhafi-hurls-insults-saudi-king https://web.archive.org/web/20090618002835/http://www.france24.com/en/20090330-libyas-kadhafi-hurls-insults-saudi-king June 18, 2009 dead June 21, 2009 mdy-all References 2009 Arab League summit Category:2009 in politics Category:Doha Category:Diplomatic conferences in Qatar Category:2009 in Qatar Category:2009 diplomatic conferences Category:2009 in international relations Category:21st century in Doha Category:March 2009 in Asia